Norco woman wins competition with gluten-free pear tart

Dorian O’Connell, a resident of North Coventry, took home the winning prize for the Whole Foods Boulder Food Styling Contest. Her winning dessert was a gluten-free Pear Frangipan Tart

which she baked for Thanksgiving morning. Instead of using flour in the recipe, Dorian used almond flour which made it extremely moist and gluten-free. Dorian won a food styling class and photography workshop at the Makerie in Boulder, Colorado in April 2013. She will take what she learns to her her refine her website and blog. www.dorianoconnell.com